On Nov 4th, Devin successfully defended her MS thesis! Congrats Devin!
Midwest Virology Symposium
We will be attending the Midwest Virology Symposium at Ohio State University in October.
MS student Zach Koenig was selected to give a short talk and received a travel award. Congrats, Zach!!
T32 Award
Congratulations to Dr. Cynthia McMillen for being selected as a T32 post-doctoral fellowship recipient on the Immunology of Infectious Diseases training grant!
ASV 2019
Hartman Lab will be at ASV2019 in Minneapolis! Stop by and meet us!
Workshop #30: Emerging Viruses I: Monday 7/22 1:30 PM
W30-7 Cynthia McMillen “Specialized layers of ruminant placentas are permissive to several members of the Bunyavirales order”
Poster Session #8: Bunyaviruses Sunday 7/21 Afternoon 4-6 PM
P8-6 Devin Boyles “RVFV travels across the olfactory epithelial neurons and stimulates inflammatory cell influx into the brain of Lewis rats after aerosol infection”
Poster Session #32: Pathogenesis Monday Evening 7/22 8:30-10 pm
P32-11 Joseph Albe “Longitudinal cytokine and immunological responses in cynomolgus macaques infected with New World alphaviruses”
Joe Albe's paper accepted at PLOS Pathogens!
IN PRESS:
Albe, J.R., D.A. Boyles, A.W. Walters, M.R. Kujawa, C.M. McMillen, D.S. Reed, and A.L. Hartman. In press. Neutrophil and macrophage influx into the central nervous system are inflammatory components of lethal Rift Valley Fever encephalitis in rats. PLOS Pathogens. Accepted 5/10/19. PPATHOGENS-D-19-00453R1.
Find us at ASV!
The Hartman lab will be attending ASV2019 at the University of Minnesota. Joe Albe and Devin Boyles will present posters of their current projects. Cindy McMillen will give a talk in the Emerging Viruses I session on Monday.